So, "top kill," BP's last-ditch effort to seal up their oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, has failed. Now that our best chance for stopping the leak didn't work, what's next? And what sexy nickname will it have?
In light of recent failures by BP to stop their oil leak, perhaps it's time to get aggressive. In this archival footage, the Soviets used a nuke to stop a leaking gas well. We're so screwed.
The government will spend $180 billion over the next ten years to upgrade America's nuclear weapons arsenal, while reducing overall stockpiles. This should appease Republicans who are angry that Obama doesn't want to nuke the Russians. [Washington Post, Getty]
This should go over well with the right. Obama today will announce a new nuclear strategy, which says the US cannot obliterate another country with doomsday weapons unless they have them, too, and no new nukes will be developed. [NYT]
Barack Obama confirmed the details of a new nuclear arms-reduction treaty with Russia this morning. The agreement is our first major step in arms-reduction since 1991. Now we just need 8 Senate Republicans to vote to ratify it.
Two fun facts on stylish Jersey-Shore-via-Tehran Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: 1. He might be Jewish. 2. Iran is now definitely capable of producing a working nuclear bomb that could basically wipe his maybe-Yid Israeli relatives out of existence. Fun!
Last week, Barack Obama stood before the world with the prime ministers of Britain and France and accused Iran of secretly pursuing a nuclear weapon. Today, nameless spooks are telling the New York Times not so much. What's going on?
This is Matt Drudge's headline about the outing of a previously undisclosed Iranian nuclear facility. Here's what the story he links to says: "White House officials said Western intelligence agencies have been tracking the facility for years."
The Air Force announced the creation of a new "consolidated" nuclear command today. Well actually, they briefed reporters on it Wednesday, but asked them to embargo it until today. Why? Because yesterday was the 64th anniversary of Hiroshima.
